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f/ Or // I , \IFV **,A, , 0.41,*1 4 i'DRLD, ON THE PO. VIGTUALLING OFFICE, Ocrosaa 23, 1826. THE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty', Navy, do hereby give udtice, that on Fainav,,the 10th :November next, they will be ready to receive Tandetri in writing (sealed up), and treat for the Supply, (on 'separate Contracts,) of all such quantities of Sea Provisions, including RUM, as may be demanded for the pse of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels, at Greenock, Liverpool, and Leith, Leith Roads, and the Firth of Edinburgh, from the lst of January to the 31st of December, 1327, inclusive : and also for the supply, during the same period (on separate Contracts) of all such quantities of Fresh Beef as may be demanded for the use of his Majesty's ships and vessehi at the undermentioned places, viz. Chatham Liverpool Cork'and Kins.de Londonderry and Loughswelly Downs Milford Haven Falmouth Newcastle and Tininouth Haven Galway Newhaven Greenock Plymouth Guernsey and Jersey St. Mary's, Scilly Kingstown and Dublin Sunderland, and Leith, Leith Roads, and the Sheerness Firth of Edinburgh The conditions of the Contract,' may he seen at this Office, or by applying, for those of the Sea Provision Contracts to the Col lector* of the Customs at Greenock, Liverpool, or Leith, and for those of the Fresh Beef, to the Agents for the Victualling, at Ply mouth, and Cork ; to the Storekeepers at Sheerness and Deal, or to the Collectors of Customs at each of the other places respec tively. Each Tender, which must specify the price in worth at length, and be delivered before one o clock on the day appointed, must also be accompanied by a letter, signed by 2 responsible persons, engaging toh-.reoine bound with the party ten deri tigfor the Fresh Beef contracte, . 4t p l Yliutb, Chatham, and Sheerness, in the penal sum of 1,6001. each; and for the Fresh Beef, or Sea Provisions, at each of the other places, in the penal sum of 5001. each, for the due perform ance of the respective contracts. It is likewise required that the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, should attend here at the time ap pointed as aforesaid, to ansWeewhen called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. _ - SECOND-HAND PIANO-FORTES and f(1 so PE DAL HARPS, equal to new.—A Cabinet Piano-f o rt e (;0 1. ,, i 'ltt worth 60gs. ; a beautiful inlaid Cabinet in rosewood, (1 'b ; op price 85gs. capital Square Pi ano -f or t e , 25 gs. ; ,:tr e letion H ar p, 1201., for 80gs. ; single action, 45, 36, 18, ; late the property of Ladies. At J. WATLEN's, 13, -Ps/44n s cnoc• !slit unsold. - • NIALES'S WARRANTED PENS. of riou' ..lialretic of hardness and shade, marked as follows : niteetyvhard, for Etching, &c. 4,11 ard, for not e hand. i ',;!. "a Illtd hard , for Ladies' letter hand. 4 mediitn, or general writing. 8 sell, flee nib.. .. 88 very soft, for ]reading Ledgers, &c. S o w 0 , 813 'eft, with broad nibs, for Lawyers, &e. N II U'Y at I3R, Aldersgatentreet, Londo. cheaper rt„,,t. lion' s tationery than at ________ol -onunn. --....... T 'laud Account Books supplied Pir --- -----____ CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTING 4,4: AREHOUSE, for the EAST and ,WEST INDIES Hers El AMRRICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. Gentlemen 1444i' e adeta, and Writers going to India, • and t' the Globe, will 6 1 . 4 g to South America, or any other 147N0.2a la thia Establishment the whole of P t a h l e t ir ° Mil_i e tary to Ap e_ - viep9, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols o , ts & x, 0 . uch g es, 441 11 ,:i l d'? la riN 1 0,f1 Weil -manufactured stock of Sea C Lamps ; key e L 14; Cauiti W 441.1410 'fables, Chairs, andi -rip.. 1;4 1 - t e .! t . ! , lkfule and Bullock Trunks, and every other oese Axtru %veiling Equipage. 441014A88°11TuDIT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the *. a , a tY Nai°ltaa for Italia, and other tropical climates ; like.. Purk, Peat variety of Silve r and Plated Articles, Knives . and 1 44 4 „; tititLl:lefor famili es going abroad ; military and Hindos -1,4 PAZ gl i 4 ' 4 ' B `a• Tandem, rt4ta 'II9NABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curriole, . ' l , l (A.,714,,nh0Pe std Chais e HARNESS, with every descrtp 41a So -- "'Y, lke. &c. for home use, Eut and West Indies, utl, A . luaiity,.._.,ittea tics, which merit inspection from. their excellent Al 0 4 : 11 / 1 tile of workmanship, and moderate pricee. 11 , 4 1Iep t ~41 t tielea in tide , Estahliahritent are warranted , , 4 41 1 i li r Qf MY year* standing is still strictly adhered to, of and the , ' ill 14 ' - tinlk kady Money Price from which no abatement I Ne, • ' - . 4 4 .4 - • ' kItARY INTELLICt! , Tile 18/„.. ~..,_,., ..-:--.....L.- 4qen e , e upilfinlng.Soas on just about to COM r : 04 d e. j3roll)lsea to be one of unusual brilliance. m '1 1131) II a Life of our great Tragic Actress, Mrs. 1 40., °NS, Ulrich iia , ou the eve of its appeyance,. is to al t l. t y the Autßbtography . pf tie YeW4ll 11/1(11i Dramatist, P‘K4.1"14. ' Hifi' Volumes are ~? embrace a period .of.nearly Neventy years, and eNtneate, with the peculiar littineur of the writer, State of Society in Ireland at the middle of the !Flii-IFY.' They hieludg 149 Original noctiote,i, s*lebrnted Peril:mg' (in that Ctitintr,;, and ''''t ' cl , ig , Ql lneeted with the Drama, , 4ife. In tiction the the tine Aits, and c , • in r:lg. : new Novel by the Author 4411 111)1 ,-, IT Ise ," takes 04 leap Tllg aceli c „,,. , ,eqi, i 9.1... tine , , part of rite '• ', Matrstitrid is laid, in • oily , - 4 :1,, ,, e4 , 1. • and it.' tie ' ighbourhood, during the , tittle k mt p li llt,t part of France yvas in the possession of rt 4 ,,'g"hh, .and when fierce and romantic contests kit:ie:ill:: i.ageleittly.,bvtwuenwt-letitie AF.lrize:l:olae:,.4n was n s, g: b : : r 1 ..! - '1. 4.4 * 'I afterwards ChangCs Id' the - A4ey pi . 4° llutir , ' i'• h 'l, ko 'Lbridori andlite . 41 1 ni . i i ants sumsequetir ) or, 1' ° NUlterttede the Unfortunate Catherine of A . h 4 the afFections of the piing. Another mill -4tat. 'ra t l ' -e of vitrious.and - stirriug int . crest is ft , lso, i n ii t i ,fthout, 40 appear .upder tie , . title, of - rhe l ' iii tit ! Ninrade." i 'the' atithenticity of' the de, li i th i n l'Aw(l%°.erikl'tuarse:vcolif'-las i n Young ilifl i c t i s im P t r tr is ee a s t; - "Itt, „ 11° less an authority thanrflgetite, rho Nis, . '4, Preliare4 til t : ' , 1 ] z ~ •*: s : ,, itzvv- -ti lil t - 'l'" . •-"' - • .i ,, - ' ' • . & •• c,-......., - ..,.,,, ‘-'-' I :" v 9" ... , er - • ..i. X-1, ,( - : , ' C, ,- '' ' * 'Aii i o ',,).%. : 4'.. ..,,0 1-141 ;:i - ,, /•; :° :-:0 1 ; 7 ; , C 1 "---L1: :: :711 : _ ' • . :li , "4 ...' '''' , 44)‘ 4 27 . . -- 7 # - :...,-4„,.. .....4411 4 ., - '',. ..,- - T. - . .-.,„ r: ,': , • '*4 . • , ,' , (i,"`. L 0 t , • . - I,„ FRIDAY EVENING, 0 - 6 1 01iElt 27, 182-6 The sth Number of the Quarterly series of the British Critic, made its appearance on Tuesday, and perhaps, upon the whole, it sustains the reputation of the preceding Numbers. A very considerable chaive both in fo rm , t one , an d c h aracter, h as b een i ntroduced ) into this work since the period of'its cessation as a monthly, and continuation as, a quarterly publication ; and where the ground is so fully pre-occupied by a rival of such undisputed superiority as " The Quarterly," it is no small testimony to the excellence of another work, professedly supported on the same principles, that it obtains any thing like a circulation. The British Critic is indeed somewhat more limited in its design, and more decidedly exclu sive in its tenets, than its contemporary. Its church principles have certainly become far more tolerant since its change: and it has assumed in its literary, scien tific, and miscellaneous articles, a greater degree of freedom from the trammels of a mere Revi ew ; an d allowed, in conf orm it y t o the taste of the times, more latitude for original discu ss i on . In glancing 'over the contents of the number now before us, we are most particularly struck with an ar ticle on India, It evinces an extensive acquaintance with the history and circumstances of our oriental pos sessions, and displays no inconsiderable depth or re flection, and soundness of political discussion. A review of the memoirs of Major Cartwright, of course, is not a little severe upon both the principles and practices of that distinguished political character; a tone of raillery and banter is kept up throughout, with some wit, and considerable force, though without any approach to asperity or rancour. It is remarked, that his whole political life was one continued series of unsuccessful attempts : he is compared to a squirrel in a cage, twirling his wheel in perpetual gyrations, without advancing one step onward towards his object ; yet, all the while imagining, - with the most contented self•complacency, that his progress was proportionate to his bustle. An article on the state and progress of Practical Astronomy, will be perused with great interest by the scientific reader, and gives a very complete view of the principal labours of Astronomers in this country dur ing the last few years., COMMITTEE of GREEK BONDHOLDERS , TO THE EDITOR. Sts,--I feel greatly obliged by your ready insertion of my letter of the 24th, and in troubling you with some additional facts, I hope to be favoured with a similar indulgence. It muss be evident to any one who reads attentively the report of the Committee, that every circumstance which was likely to lead to disappointment and prejudice, affecting myself, has been studiously and pointedly noted, whilst the conduct of Mr. Spsnio lacki, however censurable, has either been totally kept book from public view, or, if made at all the subject of reproof, has been so mildly treated as to make it appear unworthy of animadversion; at the same time where censure could nut be avoided, it has been, expressed in such general terms that one and all the parties con cerned must be regarded as participators in the conduct com plained of. I have before observed, that T consider Mr. Bowring to have beau the (tamer of this report, end a futther Yttimatison 'OM with the material parts of the article written by him in the WestoiZester Review, confirms this impression. Whether Mr. Rowring has any object to attain, and has in this respect, to use his own phrase, " accommodated the means to the end," I will not pretend to determine; but it is unquestionably true, that since the transmission of the documents from Greece, appointing Mr. Spaniolacki and Mr. Ricardo to take a new and more important character than they had previously filled, Mr. Bowing has bet me very familiar with the former gentleman, and has even obtained his confidence, whilst with the latter he (Mr. Bowring) has had frequent consultation,. The report states, that " The inquiries of your Committee have met with many obstructions and difficulties on every side, and they have been altogether disappointed in finding that sincere co operation which might have led to a complete elucidation of past transactions, and have given sufficient security for the future."- When the full statement which I am occupied in preparing, shall come before the public, I fillet it will be seen that there was no backwardness on my part in giving to the Committee the fullest apd most complete elucidation of every point within my know ledge. Throughout the whole of the investigation into which the Committee thought proper to enter, (with the single exemption, so 'pointedly alluded to in the report, 'end which I will explain in my next,) I supplied them with every document and paper they re quired. In one of their earliest resolutions the Committee state, that " they are much gratified by the promptness with which Mr. Luriottis has attended to their wishes," and so far as my co-opera tiou was necessary I gave it most unreservedly. On the other hand, Mears. Ricardo refused to recognise the Committee, and would not give either to them or to tne, any accounts, whilst Sir. Spaniolaeki, who, according to the report, " did not deem it fit to adept the 'recommendations of the Committee, in obtaining the accounts from Mwssrs. Ricardo, nor in carrying into effoct their recommendation as to the depositing iu the Rank of England sun dry bonds held for acconnt Af the Greek Government," also re- Need tq itnetion the execution of those measures, which both the Ootrunittee and myself thought essentially necessary for rxpeditine the naval Steam armament, and even declined, thongh strongly urged by the Committee, to sign an otttlit for an engineer to inspect the machinery. When,thetefore, the Committee state that "they me t n•ith obstriteitioett anti • difficoltiee en every side," I presume they must refer to the accounts, the vouchers for which the report Matte to have been " in ahnost all cases inaccessible." If the Conunittee lad not before them all the, vouchers they re quired, it would have been but fair to have added that 1, at least, bad done my utmost to obtain them ; and I regrit tweed.ing,ly that the manner in 7hiO, ti teport 'has' been framed, reittlete. it necielsioT for nit' io !rcuble yiet wifli any part my correspond ence with Slemis. thcarilo, in order to relieve myself front the im putation which might otherwise attach to me. I will trouble you, however, with as f ew extracts as possible, reserving the more full details for the statement I 1114VC pledge.d myself to give. After several Gilkey leOent, I addreised to 111csara. Ricardo, on 1 fad seOteMber, one from which I extract the following, rela ive to the account; would " lu my letter OfyesterallY I °lll o it .. te . d e t t n .. ff Z t e , r g e \ t i ea t t x) i n n Z Y ; / 4 0boud furnish roe with the brokers' notes' o f 0 t, as well . of thefirst as of the an "C" t4 a i f t i lt. '0J,14 C9-Yet.1"14)11 to send ,me, together with icu:ce:llitt':ve ot4:icilltiltrv. merits incliletlgai3itelGuytinizar:c Theie r will thaw, yoo and ena ble I 1 11 he' ob. c l ,g i o a c v ueol e ltua i s :t ta yot r ir att i oi r e o r s - e se ii:en s . sio .3 n iin f re o . r iltos a l4 l ip l aro t n h vi e ws p a.t a l y kle - i PaYments, I ihall, of course, require the c" you , , t li ge d ' o !tertifeie. by , yo• earl,,:t coiOpliaoch teit i t . "LlPl 4Bl t t il t ..-tt 4 ..4 ' of Octo b er , I' aisit.ycrq.lo4 l tilettl,aa., fo llows 23 lfll2—(T. fl 444), !';:tekvilieltrcql `1" 1" 23d oh., I Dave4l t4nithiltwo--.Sinee the receipt of Ours, of the . , decree".odf ttwlstivadtroinati) A m ss o e In h ti Mr i B,Pani°ll" ,, i :d 11;s c u ries of y o Greece, , , fr . the Coann4sion appoi n t ed b y J. Ricardo and 11 r, . cOnjointly mitt that Assembly , hy worn you , ~ ~ , "' :, P a rkiolecki, are 'noriiiih i ted, Sic R litthieit, •t° .Ilitllille4ll the Recounts - relatitig to the two loans. With ut your eeeoutos it ; : - - 's im )oggible that I can render thille ' and I; belie 144 ' 44 " t° Messrs. Ricardo and SpaniolaCkt,' in answer toR letter W 1,:.!, I received rekonsid era ti on (row them yesterday, to that preffect. On reconsideration inti3t, I think, perceive the im opriety of your refttsal to ftiriti,l, ti,,, accounts I have desired, for even had the 'requisition ur r., y 00 v,rom eit i ,iot reiulerzt tbeul indispensable, 'still a 'rego.l I'.l. t A' o'' r' e P utatio n stunt' o u ght posed th at t h e holders td lave ' any of Greek on our part, I t cannot he sup- bow y ie, to whoiili as well as to all Europe, the Govern men t very pro i e n i nvest i gat ion is observes this is dile, will be satisfied with the examination of your own ac "punts by one of your 'own firm. The bond. of the first low; and the scrip of the second, which you bought on account of tl e Greek Government, amount to a very large rum, and the manner in which the purchase.' were made, and tbr whole of that business was conducted, will necessarily merit, as it cannot fail to excite, the attention of the public ; nor can it but be felt that Mr. spa niolacki, even were he disposed to scrutinise your transactions, it too little acquainted with the affairs of the Stock Exchange to be able to investigate this part of your accounts. if your refusal had originated with the receipt of the documents forwarded by the Greek Government, 1 should have been the I,se surprised; but when I Ball to mind that you pursued a similar line of conduit previously ; when I remember that Mr. Spaniolacki urged Mr. Orlando and myself. to mortgage the two frigates to you for 15,000/. with a power to sell them at your own discretion; and that our refusal to do this was, fullowad by a protest from you Against the sending out of an agent to A mer i ca to extr i ca t e t h ose frigates from th e l abyrinth of difficulties in which they were in volved ; when, too, I recollect, that in violation of your contract, yon stated your determination not to pay the instalments upon the loan, and that this extraordinary announcenteut was quickly suc ceeded by the most urgent entreaties from you, that we should -buy the scrip which you subsequently purchased ; when, I say, I call to mind all these circtunstauces whit,44 no lei" than the pertinacity with which you have cotitinditrAhe steam-vass/as un der the charge of Mr. Galloway, have born ail ialculated to injure, and have most materially injured, the cause of Greece, I cannot but conclude that your refusal to tender the accounts I have willed, for, proceeds from other motive" than those you have thoughtfi to mention. " Again, therefore, I would urge you, no lees for your own character's sake than as due to me of right, to furnish me with all the information and accounts I have requested. " I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) `r AND. LUItIOTTIS." I may, I think, permit myself to obaeria here, that if the com mittee experienced any difficulty in obtaining mounts or vouchers, it would have been only an act of commoct justice to have dis tinguished my reitdinesa, to promote.their inquiry, from the con duct of those,.who not merely 'tvilltheld:lnfitemation, but opposed theniselves to the reconimendations.of the committee. I fed PrticUlarly._ desirous of n4ing the bondholders, and l those whose sympathiee induce ttattrto take an interest in the fate of Greece, acquainted WO an exjating circumstance, which needs no:comnieut• &, , me, as if will [diffidently demonstrate the spirit which 'animates the gentleman who are now called to act so important a part in the affairs of my unhappy country. By the merchant vessel Waterloo, a quantity of ammunition had been shipped for Napoli di Romania, and the funbiving correspondence hue passed with respect to the payment of the freight :-- " 29, Sackville-street, Oct. 10, 1626. " Gentlemen,—This will be handed to you by Messrs. Long ridge, Barnett, and Hodgson, on board whose vessel =munition has been shipped for the Greek Government, to ese amount of 9,599/. 14s. 6d. The freight, 9131 16 c. , :tf4, I beg you will pay, and also effect an insurance for the abet , * sum, for which purpose I enclose you a bill of lading, which I reqnest you to return. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, "Messrs. I. and S. Ricardo." ,Signal) " AND.1.111110ITIS." " 20, Sackvillo-strett, Oet. 11 m , 1826. " Gentlemen —Messrs. Lon gr id ge an d C u . sent thismorning to me to say, that on presenting the letter I gave them yesterday, re questing you to pay 131. 16s. 6d. for the freight ofgoode, per the Waterloo, you expressed your wish that they should rail to-day, and that on their calling again to-day you refused to make the pay ment. lam unwilling to believe that you will subject the Greek Government (of which your Mr. I. Ricardo states that he is now an accredited agent) to the loss and eXpences which this refusal, if persisted in, must occasion, and I, therefore, request to be inform ed by the bearer, if I am to understand that you positively decline to pay the freight in question. "I am, gentlemen,.your obedient servant, Csigued) "ANL),, " hfestrs. I. a n d S. Ricardo." ct d-court O. 12, 18. cc Sir,-- W We know nothi ng of the arnfor shipment , p.r .Wairrko, 2B nor is it our intention to pay the freight in question. We Lava fur.; thee to observe, that after all which hen transpired, we are very much surprised that you should send orders on us far the payment of money, when you know that we have no funds, and that if we had, you In) longer poseess the right of disposing of them. " NV . ..tare, Sit - , your obedient servant*, • ' "To Mr. A. Luriuttis." (Signed) "I. and S. RICARDO." 29, Sackville-street, Oct. 14. 18118. " Gentlemes,—l regret exceedingly the unpleasant situation in which I am placed with respect to the freight of the goods shipped on board the Waterloo, for account of the Greek Government, and I lament still more that any circumstances should have oecur red to delay the sailing of the vessel, as the Consequences must be, in any event, prejildicial to Greece. In giving the orders for the shipment of the goods, and arranging as to the freight, I did so as the accredited agent of the Greek Government ; 'since then docu ments have been received from Greece, which you have, no doubt, seen, in the public papers, under which Mr. Spaniolacki and Mr. Jacob Ricardo claim now to be authorised to act on behalf of the Greek' Government. I have no funds of the Government in my hands, but on the Contrary am very largely iu *lrene* on its ac count. Messrs. Rieardo, independently of what they retain fur other purposes, and of what may be, due from them upon the ba lance of their account, when it shall come to be adjto.ted, hold, or ought to hold, 186,1/001. bonds, purchased by them fur the Greek Government, and upon which the dividend reserved is in their own hands. " To them, therefore, I requested you to apply for the amount, and I transidered that, under any eireutastances„ they multi find no pretext fur refusing to pay it, inasmuch as if-thiy would sot admit that I possessed any authority, still they might hare obtain. ed the sanction of their Air. I. Ricardo arid of Mr. Spaniulacki to the payment. ,They have, hoWeVer, positively refused, and Upon them, therefore, lomat rot all the eoneequencesi. fur, thus situated, you will readily perceive that I have no means of averting them, and I must therefore leave you to adopt whatever course you think best in thi very unpleasant situation in which this. Riost refusal on the part of Macre. Ricardo has pieced yal). " I am, gent-19111u' . so very 44 1 i4tAt oervaut, " AND. L,URIOTTI;, , Longvnigo, Uatuet, anti Hodgson.~'' " 29, SackVille-itreet, Oct. 19. " Gentlemen—Enclosed I forward you copies of two letters I have received relative to the freight of goode .1304443 g to' the dr4k Government, and which have ).o;nabilipcti on board th e Waterloo fin. Nai3oli dl Romania. I Live written to Messrs. Riegc/6 iegoestims them to, pay the freight, without which the veliel, will not sail, and the . (lover/Aul,4 ti;l4st starer consi derable loss. My letters end their answer you , are of room an quainted with, •e,,nd note the cominudieitiott Made to . g io b y Parrett, you have, I yrolerstand, *4'3,00* Mbar*, Ric ar d o in their = ,refurial to Make the naTcAcnt. "'The encluAcci Were will showto you the consequences which wiii result from this conduct of the. Greek Gorernment,.of which you now claim to be the deputies. , • " I observe th a t t h e Committee appointed - by the Greek 1361- 1 holders, intend to make their report on Monday, and 4 bequest therefore to be distincily inforw4 0-(04 1 ' -4 ' 41 ' 44 3'; whether, if Almrs. I. and s. 114041 e ip te authority to pay the freight in ,30 6 04At' g it. " So fur 1111 Ty authority, is requisite,ltiessrC T. "and R Ricar di. have no justificatory ground of refusal;_ hotWeitit yoo amithem, therefore, the responsibility' of this I ,ntrt rest. I am, geu- Omen, your obedient *savant, (Signed.). " AND. LURIOT TIS, " " Messrs. Jacob Ricardo and G. Spaniolacki." To this'lette r no answer has kill reittrnelt and Z slip now only udd, that if I had had The irrmiMiate,.power_of paying thi s freight out of my Ow l n a r have flOOO 10 .Witha ll i even ap plying to' Messrs. Ricardo on, the subjectl. • • ir, your nsoss 2,, sackyilie.strect, oct. 26. .o,e,lie,nt.servaut, AND. LURIOTTis. • These lytteo cootalued• the usual notice tho the' vessel hail cleared 'out, and that the 4 unirrage-would coilinimiee,on th e r a j, l ow ing day (the 10th). It will thus cease on the tifith, and the owner of the vessel will he at liberty, to make thew ()barges which be inAy onflidor 1 0eient to indemnify him foF.thit 491%4, 4 , , . COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-GuILDHALL-Ovr. 26. !'LOOK V. JONES. Th►s was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was an as~. signet to the estate of a bank! upt named bring, to recover a sum of 6267. which Dring had paid to the defendant about threw week, previous to his (bring's) becoming a bankrupt, well-know in that at that time he was in a state of insolvency, by these means acting in a manner to defraud his other creditors. The object of the present action was to recover the sum, in order that a fair dividend might be made to all the creditors. 'The commission and bankruptcy having been proved, Firing wag called on to give evidence; he admitted that, at the time he paid the defendant, had all his debts been called in, he could not bave met them in full, but denied having in any way contemplated a bankruptcy. The LORD ColEr JURTICE summed up, awl left it to the jury to decide whether they eon*idered the bankrupt had contem plated a bankruptcy when he paid the money to the defendant. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 61161. COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for general purpo..et. The minutes of the last Court were read. A petition was presented from the coal-merchants in the river, complaining of the obstructions and inconveniences • which they suffer in transacting their business, in eonse queuee of the state of the new works at London-bridge. Mr. FAME. moved that the petition should be refer red to the London-bridge Committee, who would, no doubt, without troubling the Court with any report upon the subject, obviate any difficulty now suffered by the coal trade. It must, however, be borne in mind that the com mittee had a great work in ,hand, and their efforts to ac commodate the traffic upon the river must be limited by the necessity of using the utmost despatch in completing the bridge. Alderman LUCAS commended the zeal of the committee, and thought that it would be advisable to open a water way on the north side of the bridge, as wide as that which had been opened on the south, by the removal of a pert of the old bridge.—The petition was referred to the com mittee. wAttn or CRIPPLIKHATE WITHOUT. The report of the committee for general purposes hey tig been brought up, .on the petitions, of the committee and inhabitants of the ward of Cripplegate-without, for and against an increased number of Common Qiunci!men for that ward, it was moved, th4the report (which was opposed to the increase so prayed by, one set of petitioners) should be rec e i ve d b y the Court. Mr. STeeneNs rose to present another petition for the increase of the representative body, from the committee ap pointed i n f u ll wardmote, after calling and holding it all the necessary formalities, to carry that purpose into effect. The body of the Common Council had done them selves honour by the petitions which they bad presented in favour of Parliamentary reform. As advocates of the principle of equal representation, they ought to do aw a y with every opp ortun i ty w hi ch could be used by their ad versaries,_ of referring th em to re f orms which were wanted in their hOnie department. The ward of Cripplegate was now the worst represented ward in the city—not in re spect of the talents of its representatives, but of their comparatively small number compared with their very mettle:root ronztitnentr - Those constituents, however, were remarkable for containing among them a number of active and intelligent men of good Judgment, who were not likely ever to relax in the pursuit of that which they took to be their just right. For sixteen years they had beetilvtitioning the Common Council to obtain that for Which the Common Council had been all along petitioning Parliament—an equal representation. The decision of this day would prove how far they were siticere. They had been frequently told, when they complained of rotten boroughs in the national representation, that they bad:rotten wards in their own. In the Ward of Cripplegate-within there were S representatives to 300 electors; in Cripple gate-without there were 500 electors, and only 4 repre sentatives. In a former Petition from the sew zealous, active, and intelligent body' to, which he had alluded, it bad been prayed that The same election should do for both wards, and that they should together elect the l 2 member". On referring the petition, the committee of general pur poses reported that the .Common ,Couwil, according to the opinion of the:present Recorder and Common Sergeant, had no power to take away or qualify the elective rights of any ward, hut tnat th e y had the power of increasing within certain limits the number of the representatives. — The Alderman who presided at the election on bast St. Thomas's day, candidly declared that upon : this subject there could be no doubt as to the feeling. of the ward in general. The report of the committee, ltowever, advised the Court not to interfere. Upon what grounds he id so hecould not conje c t ure . N ot only tiqui the feeling of the ward in favour of the increase, but that of the Niliole city went with them. The corporation was laughed at for its ab uses , corrupt end ,exttavagant expences,tip sine cures and usel ess p l aces; and deservedly was it ridiculed, while, without attempting.any char et Await better, pe titions were presented fret the \ Ole Corpor a ti on, praying for that correction of, abuses elsewh ere . Il e hoped thox, would give some mark of the sincerity of theiv ygal for reform, by the 4eciailm Of to-day. Th e a b use which they hat, to correct was striking -- the means en tirely within their power. Mr. Wilkes, upon a motion which he contemplated, bad been told that he would have the sense of the city opposed to.bim. His answer was, "No matter, I Shall have the nonsense of the city in my favour.". He might say the reverse in this cave. The sense of the city Ives certainly in favour of the.petitioners, and it was no matter, being so strong, if th e y had trot the reipSonse in their favoer. Il e concluded by moving as an amendme n t, t h a t the suggestion of the petiti one r s f or • incresaiug the number of the'representetien f ro m four to tigia should be ad o pt e d by th e Court. Alderman W AIT IIA lAN briefly seconded, the woeien, and called upon till those, who, being hien* ex enemies of re form in general, professed tbrAselves to be in favour of specific re f orm , to g iy a, O w n , support to it, otherwise deity would deserve the contempt and ridicule of cy..4y'man of tumour, independence, and consistency is the country, The argument had been so well urged by the gentleman who moved th e einendnicritA that he had no hid of being able to add to itt weight hp any thing which, h e cou ld say, Afon. ionic discussion, the Tuition being put, the ime-4- trient was carried II a eoasiderable majority. Mr. &swim s rnoyed that the Lord May or s h ou ld i s . sue his , precepts for the election of eight instead of four members, on next St. Thenjah's-day. The L oRD MkYou. WaS apprehensivo tbai it MIS Mot within the limits of his autborkty to 4 so upon the vote of the Common Council. It t4tkst be moved in the Court of Aldermen. T RgoonnEtt thought that the number could . only be increased after the adoption of the amendment now carried by an act of Common Couneil. I t wass , finally referred to the Committee of Genera Purposes to ,take such steps as should be necessary for oar "in t o h i e u r d itinhit e u tre c e o t r , ii a in ti g d iT if , ne e d ,h ouid be, I l' A No: 10,649. LITERATURE. '7 '4, - -- All modern weiterfronWlNiinifr of population have agreed i n opinionAhat the amber of human beings in the world is still increasing, and hence. they have taken occasion to render it a maxim with a prudent Government to check this tendency to superabundant population as far as possible. The wise man said ',lt In the multitude of people is the King's, honour, but in want of people is the destruction of the Prince,;", and it might therefore,- out of respect to this great autho rity, he considered at least questionable whether the doctrine thus propounded was sound, and whether in deed even emigratiOn and banishment were not fir more prejudicial to the state, adopting these 'lans, than advantageo us . I t i s n o t a l i ttle singular that in all the discussions raised on this highly interesting subject, no enquiry has hitherto been made into the truth of the assertion that the number of human beings is increasing, and no comparison instituted.: betwe en the amount ofpopulation at this day, and the amount at any former given period, say the time of Julius etosar. Whatever might be the result of the former enquiry as compared with modern times, little doubt could exist that the number of human' beings on the face of the globe in the .clays of Julius Ciesar, far ve r y f ar es-- ceeded the number now alive ; and if this fact could be established, all fears that the population of - the world will becOme redundant may be laid aside, and we may safely rely upon the proverb, that the multitude of the people is the King's honour. But even on the other ground there is but too Just reason to conclude that the number °limn* beings in the world is so far from increasing, that it is positively diminishing, and the world actually tending towards a state of depopu lation. A very s li g h t acqua i ntance with ancient his tory will serve to shew the truth of this remark, and how false has been the conclusion drawn from the fact that the population of England and America have been on the increase. When the Israelites departed from Fgypt, they went out we are told 600,000 fighting men, and if we add a like number for old men and women, and half the number for children, it will be seen that, no less than one million five hundred thousand ,souls were abstracted from the country by that event. The stand ing army of King David amounte d to 280,000, and when he nu m b ere d the people there were 1,900,000 fighting men. Jehosaphat, who was King of Judah only, scarcely a third part of the dominions of David, had an army of 1,160,000 men, besides the garrisons' of the fortresses. The riches of the temple of Solo man surpassed by one-half the amount of our national debt, and their immense treasure timid not have been collected from a country which was not very , densely peopled. The city of .Thebes, in Egypt, furnished from its own inhabitants alone an army.of .700,000, and in the veer of. Rome 188, Servitts.Tullies found he had 80,500 citizens capable of bearing arms ; and litany years afterwards, between the first and second Fume war, when Rome Witil threatened with invasion 'by the Gaols, they furnished an army of nearly one Agrtgentum, now called Girgenti, a city Of Sicily, when destroyed by the Carthaginians, pOsiess ed nearly two Millions of inhabitants ; and Sparta, Athens, Corieth, anti Xgina, may be estimat ed, together, as containing 3,120,000 tante. Incontrovertible as these facts may ap pear there is y e t • anot h er, if p ossible, still stronger ill tie inferencei. According to Appian and Diodorus Siculus, Gaul, that is all the country from the sea on the west to the Alva on the east, and the Rhine on the north, and the Pyrenees and Mediterranean on the sonth, contained 400 nat i ons ; the largest of which,consisted,of 200,000 men, and the smallest of 50,000 men, besides women and children. Calculat ing, thereforemedium, at a this tr ac t o f l an d mu st have Coinaine44 •vary nearly two hundred stallions of inhabitants: the present population is under,thirty ' five millions - ft is hardly necessary to extend this very melancholy list, which but too clearly establishes the terrible filet, that the population of the world is 'declining, Montesquieu, iniiis Esprit des Loie, has made 'a finv observations on these facts, and the Abbe Fleury, citing them, conehules by saying, that if these data are admitted, we shall find that there is scarcely the fiftieth pail of men upon the earth now ash' the time of Julius Caesar. The late Dr. Adam Clarke, in his edition of the Abbg's work on the manners and eus- toms of the ancient Israelites, seems to confirm this opinion. The truth of these facts enlist Of course rest upon th e cre di t w hi c h i s due to the authors of the work from whence they were ex !Meted, but only giving them credit for, a, desir e to relate the truth alone, the result is still the earr. s e. Ilia the difference between the present population of Gaul, and its amount When the foregoing calculation was made, is too great to allow us to suppose any .. thing but a wilful Luis -statement could lesee caused Another very tiircible Argument- is to 'de derived from this consideration, viz. that if the 'populati on o f t h e world was never beyond what its present amount may he, the peopling ofthe globe, calculating from the de loge to the present day, must have proceeded by very slow and very imperceptible degrees ; and at an ave., • rage very far helow that in which the population of the United States has been found to increase since the: dixlaration of their Independence. Row far finch a concluaion could be consistent with the designs of Providence, when'the earth contained only Noah and his family, we shall leave to those to account for who are sceptical in the point under observation, a point indeed which becomes Clearer and clearer the more it is considered. if the deluge shall be taken i jetsruasalaiebrorii cated story, it i s 'only to earry the calcul a ti on b ac k to the creation, alit! this, fez from weakeni ng th e argu merit, only, serve* to sup i l l io ub rt o, it n : N vit i l l i le r l e ,e d h o , ubl e d for ce . If we are to c onc l u d e t h at the present , popul at i on of the Globe is n ow a t it s _highest, we must al so i n f er 'ctlialt.e,tlSleideo4iiie,saonfdeantultitude of others of as great note, wotilil scarcely haVe had a .population between tltetti equal to the alleged amount of the smallest of Which would go well nigh to eonßy - tirhaeitimiieLtellieieeae,4lgicitielltkallitthtohleyY, and howevereisd terrible tliO we have in truth but too good reason to believe that by l y l : 1 1 i ns e n sibly s i e t e f s .g 4 9 f n a t i t 1 1 E s a d l Y o e si i are r c e n i o e l o is l b g , e n s fi t n: r t i l l i, i w nd e l o V kl e ril Ye el ei ve r s a' mare y Are aware that us. \`'teethes: this result is in pur ttB(ll.lll:olllleeirel:°:llatli49.eettsliitelrostillgei tion nr w hether it is simply ilia effect of the wickedness and d ance to every soul slicer. we shall leave for the Church to discuss; muflieient it is for to point their attention to the fact, and draw them to consider a s ubject of such immense . import such 'sely governed, thing as a been properly cc- - aild not have happened: lea_ suttee which :have redundant pprr;i- ing i ts most flourishing period, •• lesti ne "" w7 4 ur nicii dation of, the - United Kin more thins trice,74 -'e e , 7 . was scarcely equal to that ot England alone. ciom, am! its! extent , - ft la \'' • . . 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